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February 17, 2011

Friends, meet Ryan Blodgett. He is married to the fabulous Melanie from You are my Fave. I thought it'd be fun to start a new column featuring our men, "the handsome" - what do you think? ;)

Our guys are behind the scenes of our blog, supporting us - they listen to our blog drama, they put up with taking tons of pictures for our blogs, and we love them. So to start off our new series, I'm excited to feature Ryan! Thanks for being our first guy on here Ryan. Please leave some comments to show Ryan some love. and some serious thanks + props to Melanie for coming up with the awesome new column name!

What are your thoughts about blogs + blogging? I have seen from Melanie's experience that blogging creates wider associations with people she wouldn't otherwise know and that is very positive, I think. I am amazed at how open some people are on their blogs. I don't blog and I generally don't follow blogs (except youaremyfave.com and unhappyhipsters.com) so I am kind of speaking as an outsider.

How many hours a day does your wife spend blogging? Melanie spends almost the entire day on the computer. Beyond her own blog, I know she collaborates on several blog-related projects that keep her busy and she works from home. But I don't know what portion is blogging and what portion is shopping/reading celebrity gossip.

What do you do during this time? I am a student right now so I usually have to study. I also work. If I am not studying or working, then I am memorizing sports stats and scores and watching college basketball or professional tennis.

Any silly/crazy/funny stories or experiences related to blogging you'd like to share with the readers: We live in Denver and Mondo, a recent contestant of Project Runway who made it to the finale at Fashion Week, was throwing PR viewing parties at a bar downtown. Melanie would organize groups to go to these viewing parties. I went to the finale with her and it was crazy. The bar had stopped letting people in because it was at full capacity. You couldn't move anywhere. Melanie wanted to make it to the front so that she could take pictures for the blog. I didn't see anyway that we could make it up there without infuriating everyone. Still she shoved her way up to front and I followed, apologizing to all of the angry people left in her wake.

How do you feel being blogged about? Regretfully, Melanie's blog isn't so much about me as it is about cardigans and parties.

What is one thing that annoys you most about having a blogger wife? I would say that I am generally not annoyed by having a blogger wife. Sometimes she talks about the blogging world while assuming that I know what she is talking about.

yay ryan! i've had the glorious opportunity of cooking homemade pizza for and attending rockies baseball games with this guy [+ melanie] and now i feel much cooler just for knowing him. great spotlight :)

How fabulous! Love this new column, and how thoughtful of you to have come up with the idea!! I would totally love it if you could do one about my guy... :)Cheers for thinking about the men behind the scenes!!

Danni! This is a brilliant idea! It's really fun to get to know the other half of these bloggers that we admire. Can't wait to see Nick featured on this!

My husband started a column on my blog called "The Gentleman's touch," but he's yet to write a second post! I like this because you have more control over it and I'm sure the husbands feel cool being included (or at least recognized?).

this is a genius idea, danni. i too was thinking about our hubbies and almost wrote a post called "a valentine to husbands of bloggers" but never got around to it! thanks for showing us their other half and starting with the darling melanie!

I am so in love with this new column! My boyfriend is always encouraging (he actually designed my blog!) but sometimes gets tired of my incessant talk of blogs, though he would never admit it. He would agree with some of Ryan's responses for sure.Looking forward to future features of the men behind the women of our favorite blogs!

love it! This is such a wonderful new series - I know my husband can certainly relate to everything Ryan mentioned. Our guys put up with so much blogging talk, it's nice to put the spotlight on them a bit:) Thanks guys!

This is such a fun idea, Danni! I love the name Melanie chose for the series too. :)

I've had the pleasure of meeting Ryan and I can attest that he is very supportive of Melanie and all of her blogging endeavors. He's also really smart and a great listener, which are qualities every person's significant other (blogger or not) should have, yes?

Sweet! My boyfriend is quietly tolerant of the constant photography and even remembers to read my posts now and then... he points out he's in no position to have an opinion about blogging, giving how much time he spends online gaming.

"The Handsome" is the cutest name for this little feature! And it's good to honor the men that help us out. :)

Tieka at Selective Potential does something once a month called "Guy Behind the Camera." Same sort of deal for fashion bloggers--gives other girls the chance to feature their men and thank them for taking outfit pictures every day!

Ok ryan...you love blogging women and you love college basketball..too bad we are both happily married. I would only hope that you are following and rooting for #6 San Diego State because they are going to blow your socks off next month!! Go Aztecs! (and nice to meet you)

I love this series, and shared your post on my pg!!! I know from experience that the behind-the-scenes-boy is a key piece of a gal's blog. Every day, my BF provides support; inspiration and motivation.